Blanton added, "only a handful of those on the prospect list had been admitted to UK. The vast majority had not, nor had the vast majority of these students expressed an interest in the program". Students who spoke to Lex 18 confirmed that many of them hadn't ever applied to UK, and in one case, had never even heard of the university. "I had to google it just to make sure it was a real college because, like, I've heard of them. But I'm not so sure," Erin Esping, a senior from Georgia told the publication. The email sent out to 500,000 students by accident (@CharlesAristeg1 via Twitter)